Here’s a 3D printed Hemispherical Omnidirectional Gimballed Drive system which you can make at home. That’s a mouthful which is why it is commonly referred to as a HOG drive. Never heard of one? Well ...

Parallel parking is the worst. It is a challenge for both experienced drivers on the road and newbies in Driver’s Ed. But Canadian inventor William Liddiard has come to the rescue with omnidirectional ...

The front wheel and fork that extends out Easy Rider -style is from a self-balancing robot he built a couple of months ago. This features a larger wheel shape that can go forward and back, while ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Omnidirectional wheels ...

What if cars could turn on the spot, just like tanks? Wouldn't that be cool? And what if they could take things even further and move sideways? Well, that would certainly leave the Internet barren of ...

When it comes to transportation, we have always stuck to one direction, forward. In the movies and dreams of the future, the human race goes beyond this and creates vehicles which can go forward, back ...

Canadian commercial driver William Liddiard bet $60,000 of his own money and eight years of work that drivers would interested in a vehicle that moves in any direction. His proof of concept video ...

For some drivers, the ability to parallel park is akin to building a house. They know what they want to achieve and what the final product should look like, but the necessary steps require skills they ...

Omnidirectional wheels are one of the hardy perennials of the world of invention. There seems to be something about the prospect of effortless parallel parking that sets the creative juices of ...

For those who aren’t parallel parking pros, the omnidirectional wheels from inventor William Liddiard are a dream come true. Watch the video above to see the car tires Liddiard developed that let the ...